Stove



Nov. 7, 1933.

c. w. HUG Y STOVE Y E r R M M m u T a. u v w 1 a I w w A i p 1 a 4 P; 8 6 ZIJ7 a A 5 Patented Nov. 7, I933 STOVE Charles W. Hugy, San Jose, Calif.

Application March 11, 1931, Serial No. 521,661 Renewed August 5, 1933 2 Claims.

This invention relates particularly to that type of stove commonly known as hot air circulating stoves.

In the type of stove indicated the stove proper is enclosed in a shell that is spaced some little distance therefrom with openings both at the bottom and the top so air may circulate freely therethrough. This construction is such that when a fire is built in the stove the resulting heating of the air between it and the shell causes the air to move vertically while colder air is drawn in from below, this movement setting up a circulation that quickly warms the air in the remotest parts of the room in which the stove is placed.

But in setting up a circulation of air in this manner it necessarily follows that the cold air is gathered from all parts of the room to the space immediately surrounding the bottom of the stove before it is actually drawn into the shell for heating, with the result that the very place where one naturally places his feet to warm them is.

one of the coolest places in the room. Furthermore, no material satisfaction is derived from standing by the stove because the heated column of air flows vertically upwards and is not dissia means for accomplishing the result indicated that will be economical to manufacture and install, simple in form and construction, and highly eincient in its practical application.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a stove embodying my invention, partly broken away.

Figure 2 is a sectional view on line 2-2 of Figure 1.

In the particular embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, I show a stove at 1 supported in a shell 2 by means of brackets 3 mounted upon the shell and engaging the bottom of the stove. These features are common in the art and may be of any desired type, or form, or design if the shell is spaced a little ways from the stove proper to form an air passage therebetween. In the shell at a suitable point is formed an opening 4 fitted with a suitable screen as 5.

At 6 I show a sheet metal element having its central portion provided with a curved edge at I 7 conforming to the curvature of the stove l, and

a front edge 8 adapted to engage the front of the shell 2, the two end portions of this element being turned downwardly as at 9 and 10 with their front edges 11 and 12 engaging the front of the shell 2, and their rear edges 13 and 14 engaging the stove body 1, thereby forming a hood enclosing the space between the screen 5 and the stove body 1 on the top and two sides. The element may be secured in place in any suitable manner as shown.

In the present embodiment of the invention that portion of the stove body that is commonly referred to as the side is treated as the front of the stove as may be readily understood by the showing in Figure 2 where the wall of the room in which the stove is placed is indicated at 15, that portion of the stove provided with the door 7 16, ordinarily referred to as the front,now becoming one of the sides. By means of this arrangement the hood and screen are placed over that portion of the stove wall closest to the main body of the fire and consequently the portion that becomes the hottest when in use.

The result of the construction disclosed is that the circulation of air around the greater portion of the stove body takes place in the usual manner, and the stove functions with its usual efficiency, but the air trapped by the hood 6 is heated and discharged into the roomthrough the screen 5 instead of out of the top.

It may now be seen that I have provided a stove that is not only highly emcient in the usual manner as a hot-air circulating stove, but also one that renders the heat available for directly warming the body of anyone standing close to it and in front of the screen portion, or the feet of anyone sitting near by with his feet in front of the screen portion. The screen, of course, not only permits the flow of heated air therethrough, but it also permits radiated heat to pass freely therethrough so that it may be used for heating the body as above set forth.

Another advantage of a stove of this kind is that while it may be used solely for the heating of a single room air may be introduced into the space between the body 1 and the shell from any remote place and the heated air returned thereto, and yet the room inwhich the stove is placed is also heated through the screen 5.

It is to be understood, of course, that while I have herein shown and described but one specific embodiment of the invention, changes in form, construction, and method of arrangement and operation may be made within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A stove comprising a stove body supported in spaced relation to the floor, a shell surrounding the body in spaced relation thereto whereby air may flow freely therebetween, the said shell having an air outlet in a side thereof to discharge laterally, and a. baflle connecting the stove body and shell and disposed about the sides and top of said air outlet and having an open bottom whereby to trap a stream of cool air, heat the same and discharge it from the shell through said outlet independently of the main air stream.

2. A stove comprising a stove body supported in spaced relation to the floor, a shell surrounding the body in spaced relation thereto whereby air may flow freely therebetween, said shell having an elongated air outlet in a side thereof extending upwardly from the bottom of the shell and terminating spaced from the top of the latter to discharge laterally, and a baffle connecting the stove body and shell and disposed about the sides and top of said air outlet and having an open bottom whereby to trap a stream of cool air, heat the same and discharge it from the shell through said outlet independently of the main air stream.

CHARLES WV. HUGY. 

